New Species

New Species

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An Adelieledone polymorpha, one of the four new species of octopuses that researchers have discovered in Antarctica that come replete with anti-freeze venom. The researchers hope to analyse the venom to see if it has medical uses, said one of the researchers, Bryan Fry, of the University of Melbourne. Their discovery, during a six-week expedition to Antarctica in 2007, was published in the journal Toxicon.

An Adelieledone polymorpha, one of the four new species of octopuses that researchers have discovered in Antarctica that come replete with anti-freeze venom. The researchers hope to analyse the venom to see if it has medical uses, said one of the researchers, Bryan Fry, of the University of Melbourne. Their discovery, during a six-week expedition to Antarctica in 2007, was published in the journal Toxicon. (Reuters photo)

An Adelieledone polymorpha, one of the four new species of octopuses that researchers have discovered in Antarctica that come replete with anti-freeze venom. The researchers hope to analyse the venom to see if it has medical uses, said one of the researchers, Bryan Fry, of the University of Melbourne. Their discovery, during a six-week expedition to Antarctica in 2007, was published in the journal Toxicon.